The Business of Literary Circles in Nineteenth-Century America [electronic resource] /
Dowling, D.author.
This comprehensive study ranges from Irving's Knickerbockers, Emerson's Transcendentalists, and Garrison's abolitionists to the popular serial fiction writers for Robert Bonner's New York Ledger to unearth surprising convergences between such seemingly disparate circles.
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"As merchants on the 'change'" : the economy of literary coteries, 1807-1864 -- Pt. 1 : Literary New Yorkers -- "An instinct for gold" : Irving's Knickerbockers -- Staff bonds : Bonner's New York ledger -- Pt. 2 : New England circles -- "the section to which we belong" : Emerson's Transcendentalists -- Boston and beyond : Elizabeth Peabody's promotional practice -- Pt. 3 : Political economy : North and South -- Print warriors : Garrison's abolitionists -- Proslavery and the pen : Fitzhugh's apologists -- Conclusion -- The Boston Bellamy Club, Rand's objectivists, and Iowa Writers' Workshop.
This comprehensive study ranges from Irving's Knickerbockers, Emerson's Transcendentalists, and Garrison's abolitionists to the popular serial fiction writers for Robert Bonner's New York Ledger to unearth surprising convergences between such seemingly disparate circles.
America—Literatures.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Literature—History and criticism.
North American Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Literary History.